The Arran Malt – Amarone Cask Finish (NAS)
ABV: 50 %
Island – Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde
Price: £44.75
Source: Loch ne Davie
Production: 1.5m litres pa
Distillery only founded in 1995
Only distillery on Arran (used to be ~50 illegal distilleries)
Master Distiller James Magtaggart
Patron of the Robbie Burns Federation and have produced a Robert Burns Single Malt – only distillery to be able to use his image and signature
Whisky
Matured in ex-Burbon casks and finished off for two years in ex-Amerone wine casks
Colour:
Burnished copper
Nose:
Poached pears, touch of cranberry and honey
Palate:
Strength! Sweetness, Honey, Pears, Chocolate, Turkish Delight, Cherries, Dark chocolate
With water:
Sweetly diluted; warming